Cpt JOHN L. KUYKENDALLGreene County, Arkansas

One of the earlier units formed in Greene County
during the Civil War was a thirty day company formed at Gainesville by
Cpt JOHN L. KUYKENDALL. This unit was on duty at Pocahontas, AR for thirty
days during the period 10 Nov 1861 to 9 Dec 1861.

There was a reunion of the Confederate Soldiers
of Greene County [PICTURE
]
in 1899.

The Kuykendall unit consisted of 4 officers
and 29 enlisted men as follows:

The Roster of the 30th Arkansas Infantry
Regt, CSA as extracted from the microfilm of their service records: (This
unit was reestablished at Gainesville, AR in mid-1862 after the Union troops
took control of the Mississippi River at Memphis, TN, separating some officers
from their units which were East of the River.) Cpt JOHN L. KUYKENDALL
was the officer in charge of forming this unit.

The information as recorded on microfilm
of the service records of the above personnel has been extracted by the
Gerdes Family (Edward, Catherine, Randal and Mark) and a copy is in the
Greene County Library.

The above information may be used for non-commercial
historical and genealogical purposes only and with the consent of the page
owner may be copied for the same purposes so long as this notice remains
a part of the copied material. EDWARD
G. GERDES

If you have any questions or comments or if
you would like to have more information about the Civil War and Pension
Records of the men who served in these Companies, contact Jeri
Helms Fultz or Bryan Howerton